Elementary school bully charged

A McDougall Township woman faces several charges following a short police chase through the township on September 12.
At 2:16 p.m. while travelling on Highway 124, police began following a westbound 1992 blue Ford F-150 that was swerving within its lane for approximately one kilometre. The driver then erratically passed another vehicle before entering the McDougall School parking lot, followed by the police cruiser with its emergency lights flashing and sirens blaring.
The truck driver stopped briefly, before leaving the parking lot and heading eastbound on Highway 124. Just before the vehicle stopped – after driving through a construction zone - police witnessed the driver buckling her seatbelt.
Officers could smell the strong odor of alcohol on the driver’s breath and saw physical signs of alcohol impairment as well as an open bottle of liquor, seized from the vehicle.
The driver acknowledged she had consumed alcohol and added that she was also a suspended driver.
The driver was transported to the West Parry Sound Detachment and provided breath samples in excess of twice the legal limit.
Kathe Pabst, 53, of McDougall Township, was charged with two counts of driving while disqualified, impaired operation, over 80 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood, driving a motor vehicle with an unsealed container of liquor and failing to properly wear a seatbelt.
Drivers charged with drinking and driving offenses are subject to a 90-day driver’s licence suspension from the date of the offense.
That was one of 183 calls for service the West Parry Sound OPP responded to between September 12 and 18. Others included eight thefts, 14 motor vehicle collisions, 17 calls to 911, four assaults, and six charges under the liquor license act.

Side-swiping cube van

At 11:19 a.m. on September 13 Still River OPP responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 69 at North Shore Road in Archipelago Township. Police attended and investigated, learning construction workers had stopped on the shoulder of the highway, and their vehicle had been side-swiped by a cube van. The driver of the cube van reported being forced to the right by an oncoming vehicle. However, no description of that vehicle could be provided to police.
Kanmoon Wong, 24, of Scarborough, was charged with failure to turn out to left to avoid collision. Upon conviction the charge comes with a $110 fine and two demerit points. Alcohol was not a factor and no injuries were sustained.

Hotbox

No charges were laid against four people who were caught with drug paraphernalia inside a 2010 Volkswagen Jetta police pulled over during a Ride program on September 14 at 9:58 p.m.
After stopping the vehicle at Tally Ho Swords Road in Seguin Township police detected the odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle and spotted the drug paraphernalia in plain view in the centre console.
After questioning those inside the car, neither the driver, nor the three passengers, was willing to claim ownership.
Police cautioned the occupants of the vehicle regarding joint possession of a controlled substance. The paraphernalia was seized and disposed of.

Mutual assault

Police were called to a Bowes Street location on September 15 at 1:03 a.m. in response to a 911 call regarding a domestic dispute. An investigation determined that a mutual assault had occurred, stemming from earlier that night. The co-accused, both 18, of McKellar Township face various charges, including assault, mischief, persons under 19 consuming liquor, and being intoxicated in a public place. Children’s Aid Society (CAS) was notified as per OPP policy, due to the presence of an infant.

Domestic

Police responded to another 911 call at a Seguin Street location regarding a possible domestic dispute in progress at 2:31 a.m. on September 16. Officers attended and spoke with the man and woman involved, determining alcohol was involved.
A 30-year-old Parry Sound man was arrested and removed from the scene, facing charges of assault, overcoming resistance to commit an indictable offense, and breach of recognizance. He was held in custody pending a bail hearing.
The 30-year-old female, also of Parry Sound, was charged with two controlled drugs and substances act offenses and released on a promise to appear.
CAS assisted OPP in the investigation, and children were removed from the location for their safety.

Two suspensions in effect

A McDougall Township man faces charges after police pulled over his vehicle during a radar patrol on Nobel Road.
The 1989 blue Chevy pickup was pulled over at 12:20 p.m. on September 17, the officer suspecting the driver as possibly holding a suspended driver’s licence.
When asked for his licence, the driver couldn’t produce it and a check into the Ministry of Transportation database revealed there were two different suspensions in effect.
The vehicle was towed from the scene and impounded for seven days.
Joseph Bushey, 57, of McDougall Township, was charged with driving while disqualified contrary to the criminal code and two counts of driving while suspended contrary to the highway traffic act. He is scheduled to appear in court in October to answer to the charges.

School bully charged

At 2:30 p.m. on September 18 police were called to an elementary school in Parry Sound regarding an assault. Police learned one student had assaulted another on school property earlier that day. The suspect and victim, both male, both 13, had a verbal exchange prior to the assault.
The victim asked the accused to leave him alone.
Police investigation further revealed that a week earlier, while on a class field trip, the accused had been lighting matches and throwing them at others. Police learned the victim of the September 18 assault, had also been burned during the trip; the accused throwing a lit match down his shirt.
The victim suffered minor injuries on both occasions.
The accused, a 13-year-old boy of McDougall Township, was charged with assault and assault with a weapon.